Leigh Halfpenny 6

Was forced off with a ferocious head injury after bringing down a rampaging Samuela Vunisa. Awful technique, but bravery personified from the diminutive full-back who it must be said tackled the No8 with his face.

Scott Williams 7

Great performance from the replacement, scored one try and kept Wales busy and going forward whenever in possession.

George North 7

A nine minute hat-trick signals the return to form of North, who crossed twice in the corner after being set up but highlighted his pace and power with his third to run straight through three Italian tacklers.

Jonathan Davies 7

Set up a raft of scores for Wales, and was looking to run the ball from deep whenever possible. Is it a coincidence that Wales have played best when he has been in top form?

Jamie Roberts 7

A little quite with ball in hand, but put in some monstrous hits in defence and worked hard when in possession.

Liam Williams 7

Very good from the winger/full-back, scoring tries and setting up tries, he was outstanding on either the wing or at 15.

Rhys Priestland 6

Not really given much time to show his ability, but importantly finished on the winning side.

Dan Biggar 7

A missed tackle right at the death on Leonardo Sarto could be so costly, although the fly-half who had been moved to full-back was out on his feet at that point such was the outstanding amount of work he had got through.

Rhys Webb 8

An immense performance from the little scrum-half, scored a try and was a constant threat to Italy as Wales looked to put a lot of pace into the game in the second half.

Gareth Davies 7

Set Scott Williams away to score late on and looked a good foil for Rhys Webb.

Rob Evans 5

Struggled at the scrum against veteran Martin Castrogiovanni, and was replaced by Rhys Gill.

Rhys Gill 6

Was given an easier time at the scrum than Evans after Italy made wholesale changes to their front-row.

Scott Baldwin 6

A menace around the park for Wales, and marshalled an excellent line out.

Ken Owens 6

Continued the good work being undertaken by Baldwin as Wales ran in a raft of points in the second half.

Aaron Jarvis 6

Part of a scrum which struggled in the first half, but was dominant after the interval. Put in some good solid defensive hits too.

Scott Andrews 6

Had no real time to make any kind of an impact.

Luke Charteris 7

Another outstanding display from the giant second-row. Was excellent in defence, and was immense at the restart taking a number of difficult high hanging kicks.

Jake Ball 6

Has found game time hard to come by recently, and was not given much time in the win over Italy.

Alun-Wyn Jones 8

Man of the match showing from Jones, who has grown even more in stature during the tournament.

Dan Lydiate 7

Defensively was outstanding, putting in some huge ‘chop tackles’ early on.

Justin Tipuric 7

Has a touch of class about everything he does, and played a key part in keeping Wales on the front foot as they went in search of a huge win.

Sam Warburton 7

Scored a well worked try and was again immense at the breakdown.

Taulupe Faletau 7

Kept Wales going forward throughout with some good runs, and was excellent defensively.